Musician / Music Production / Licensing

(’94-present)

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1994 to 1999
Released several cassette tapes and a CD, independently as part of the bands Triage, Panacea, Downside, and finally, Down Inside. During this time, opened for Overkill, Stuck Mojo, and GWAR, and played a few shows with Twisted Method (Universal Records).

2006
Retired Monochrome Vision Records due to a copyright dispute. Established Ousted Records, a small, independent record label collective that has sold and distributed physical and digital music, worldwide.

2006Released “Someday We’ll Meet Somewhere” (as The Autumn Skylight)

2007Remixed “Motherless Child” by Lovespirals (as Chris Caulder)

2007Remixed tracks by Buck 65 and East Hundred (as Chris Caulder)

2007Licensed music from Beauty’s Confusion, for Michael W. Dean’s documentary It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (about legendary writer Hubert Selby, Jr, who was alive at the time of filming, and is featured prominently in the documentary, as well as interviews with Lou Reed, Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, and more. Narrated by Robert Downey, Jr.).

2007
Hired by Blaine Graboyes / Blaine Global (CEO of GameCo) to produce three theme music instrumentals for Xbox360 web video series/news show. Blaine has gone on to be the CEO of GameCo, a very popular digital casino game company

2017
Signed multi-band licensing deal with Mother West (New York City).

2017 September
Tentative Plans song “Getting Out Alive” featured on “DIY For Houston: Volume 1” benefit album, for Houston flood. Every penny from album sales goes to Houston relief efforts, through the entire month of September.

2017 September
Seldom Family song “White Eyes” featured on “DIY For Houston: Volume 2” benefit album, for Houston flood. Every penny from album sales goes to Houston relief efforts, through the entire month of September.

2017 September
“Books Never Read” (as Boy In The Background) featured on “DIY For Houston: Volume 3” benefit album, for Houston flood. Every penny from album sales goes to Houston relief efforts, through the entire month of September.

Author / Technical Editor (2000-present)

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2000-2002
Self-published seven books of journalistic poetry/free verse, under the name “Skip Frederiksen / Planet Isolation Publications” (Fist To Kiss, Wrong Side Of The Bed, Invisible, Deadbeat., Pretty, Sensitive Bastard, 56 Weeks In Hell), distributed locally in Fort Myers, FL and worldwide sales through the internet. Books were “photocopied, fold-and-staple”, completely no-budget books that were a hit, locally and through the web.

2003Interviewed and contributed a chapter for Michael W. Dean’s book $30 Music School (Course Technology PTR). Credited as “Skip Frederiksen.” Former band Beauty’s Confusion featured prominently in the section about electronic music production.

2006
Technical Editor for Michael W. Dean’s book $30 Film School: 2nd Edition (Course Technology PTR). Two original films “Found” and “Like A Tree” featured on the accompanying DVD.

2006-2007
Co-writer and Technical Editor for DIY Digital Music NOW! book (Course Technology PTR), written by Michael W. Dean and Chris Caulder. Book unfortunately never came out due to corporate downsizing, but the chapters/files were released publicly, under a Creative Commons License in 2007.

2017 July
Published stripped-down version of songwriting reference book entitled Songwriting: Straight To The Point. Full, final book (and videos/audio examples) coming winter 2018.

2018 MayPublished paperback of Writings: Volume 2 (252 pages).

2018 July
Published paperback of Writings: Volume 3

2018 September
Published paperback of Writings: Volume 4

2018 December
Published paperback of Time Is Ruthless: Collected Writing 1990-2017.

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